You, my love, are playing against the German (4,6)

I believe the answer is:

dear reader

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'you my' is the definition.
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'love are playing against the german' is the wordplay.
'love' becomes 'dear' (synonyms).
'playing' indicates an anagram.
'against' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'the german' becomes 'der' ('the' in German).
'are' with letters rearranged gives 'rea'.
'dear'+'rea'+'der'='DEAR READER'

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